[Max2559]

Hi and thanks for taking the time to see if you can help me!

Im currently building a comp that i hope will last at least 5 years before it needs replacing. Here is my plan:

AMD 4600 dual core,
Asus M2N32 SLI Deluxe,
Asus EN7600GS 512MB PCIe,
Quiet tech 450 PSU,
1 GB DDR2 PC2 8000 Ballistics (Will buy more when i can)

Hard drive..... ? ? ?

I have an 250GB ATA at the mo... and i know i can get an adapter. However i dont want to waste the performance of these new parts by having to use a slow HD like mine.

Was thinking 36GB Raptor 10000rpm 16MB cache SATA-150 as the system drive and using the 250 with and adaptor for storage. (until i can afford a big sata).

My confusion lies in the types of SATA and what motherboards they will attach to... will this 36GB Raptor SATA-150 plug into the M2N32 ?
Not sure about RAID and so on... need some basic words of advice!

Thanks again for your time,
Max

[b1gapl]

Of course it will...the mobo you have, has SATA ports. I don't see why it wouldn't. Pretty much all current mobos have SATA ports.

[Max2559]

Thanks for replying,

Just wanted to know what Sata II and SATA-150 and SATA-300 are and if there is any difference in what boards they attach to.

I suspected that this just implied the speed of the drive, but that the attachment was the same on all SATA drives.

Thanks
Max

[b1gapl]

I think SATA II and SATA-300 (you mean SATA 3.0gb/s) are the same. Theres no difference in what boards they attach to...it's not the speed of the drive, it's just the speed of transfering files I think.

[Tox1cThreat]

Hard drives will spin at a rate of 5400, 7200 (standard), or 10,000 RPM the 10,000 are high end models like the raptors. I doubt that most people will see much of a difference. The Sata 3.0Gbps transfers data from the hard drive to the motherboard at a rate of 3.0 Gbps. (Giga bits not bytes)

[Ethereal_Dragon]

Max, that ATA (IDE) hard drive you have will connect to that motherboard WITHOUT any adaptors... just use the standard IDE ribbon (or rounded) cables.....